1. Undergraduate Course List
Course Title and Description Credit Hours
Earned
Advanced Placement hours earned before Undergraduate enrollment
AP PlacementMathematics 12
AP PlacementGerman Reading and Comprehension 6
AP PlacementPhysics 3
Credit Hours Earned 21
Botany/Biology/Zoology
General Botany Lecture and Laboratory 5
General Zoology and Laboratory 5
Local Trees and Shrubs Field Identification and Taxonomy Lecture and Laboratory 3
General Genetics Lecture and Laboratory 5
General Ecology Lecture and Laboratory 5
Plant PhysiologyLecture and Laboratory 5
Medical MicrobiologyLecture and Laboratory 5
General Microbiology Lecture and Laboratory 5
Principals ofEvolution Lecture and Laboratory 3
Topics in General Evolution 3
Plant Ecology Lecture and Laboratory 5
Topics in Biology: Field Research And Literature Research 3
Cell Structure and Function Lecture and laboratory 3
Topics in Biology: Field Trip to the Galapagos Islands and Head waters ofthe Amazon 5
Economic Botany Lecture and Laboratory 3
Biosystematics Lecture and Laboratory 3
Credit Hours Earned 58
Chemistry/Earth Sciences
Introduction to Geography and Earth Sciences 3
General Chemistryand Laboratory 5
Organic ChemistryLecture and Laboratory 5
Radioisotopes Techniques Lecture and Laboratory 3
Natural Resource Management 3
Introduction to Radioisotope Methods and Techniques Laboratory 3
Credit Hours Earned 19
Independent Research/Special Projects/Seminars
Botany Seminar:Research Topics in Taxonomy 3
Botany Seminar:Research Topics in PlantEcology 3
Botany Seminar:Research Topics in PlantPhysiology 3
Special Problems in Botany:Vascular PlantIdentification and CommunityStructure 3
Special Problems in Botany:Research Comparative Study on Eutrophication of White River in
Central Indiana 1948 and 1977
3
Environmental Studies Seminar:Environmental Ethics and Decision Making 3
Environmental Studies Seminar:CurrentTrends in Research 3
Selected topics in Environmental Research:Climate and Mathematical Models 3
IndependentResearch and Study: Translocation ofPCB Contamination from soils into plants 3
Environmental Studies Seminar:Environmental Chemistryand Law 3
Environmental Law:CurrentTopics 3
Environmental Studies Seminar:CurrentTopics 3
Special Problems in Research:Published undergraduate research on Translocation ofPCB's from
contaminated soils into plants
3
Environmental Studies Seminar:Trends in Modeling 3
Special Problems in Research:Documenting PCB background contamination in central Indiana 3
Credit Hours Earned 45
Liberal Arts and Sciences Core Classes
Freshman English and Composition 4
University Symphony 3
Second Year German Reading 6
DevelopmentofCivilization: World History Since 1500 3
Principals ofEconomics:Macro Systems 3
Principals ofEconomics:Micro Systems 3
Environmental Economics:Grants and Subsidies 3
Public Speaking and Presentations 3
Computer and Its Uses:BASIC and COBOL Programming Languages 3
Music Appreciation 3
Credit Hours Earned 34
2. Graduate Course List
Course Title and Description Credit Hours
Earned
Botany/Biology Classes
Tropical Field Biology: Florida Keys Lecture and Laboratory 3
Advanced PlantTaxonomy of Vascular Plants Lecture and Laboratory 3
Advanced PlantMetabolism:Principals ofPlantBiochemistry 3
Graduate Colloquium:Topics in PlantEcology 1
Advanced PlantAnatomy of Vascular Plants Lecture and Laboratory 4
Credit Hours Earned 14
Ecology Classes
Advanced Topics in Plant Ecology: Physiological PlantEcologyResearch and Trends 3
Physiological PlantEcologyLecture and Laboratory 3
Advanced Topics in Plant Ecology: CommunityStructure and Statistical Modeling 3
Advanced PlantEcology Data Sampling Lecture and Laboratory 1
Advanced PlantEcology Data Analysis Lecture and Laboratory 1
Credit Hours Earned 11
Thesis and ResearchMS Degree Work
Research:Thesis 10
Research in Botany: Internship at The Institute of Ecology researching acid precipitation and
developing an index of site sensitivityat the regional scale
8
Research in Botany: Statistics and Methodologies ANOVA and Multi-variant Methods in Biology 6
Research in Botany: Public Presentations 6
Directed Study and Research:Botany Thesis 3
Credit Hours Earned 33
Landscape Architecture Classes
Principals ofSite Design in Landscape Architecture 3
Graphics and Presentation in Landscape Architecture 3
IndependentProject:Current Research Trends in Computers and Landscape Architecture 1
Self ReliantLiving and Natural Resource Management 3
Site Scale in Landscape Architecture 3
Landscape Architecture History 3
Special Projects in Landscape Architecture:Parks and Recreational Areas as Short Lived Venues 3
Commercial Recreational Design Strategies in Landscape Architecture 4
Urban Impacton Natural Resources Planning and Mitigation Data Sampling Methods 3
Housing DevelopmentTrends in the US: Historical Overview of Housing in America 1790 to The
PresentData Sampling and Analysis
3
Landscape Architecture Issues and Topics in Research 1
Site Design and Synthesis in Landscape Architecture 3
Special Projects in Landscape Architecture:Natural Systems and Design 3
Special Projects in Landscape Architecture:CommunityDevelopment 1
Special Projects in Landscape Architecture: Sustainable DevelopmentStrategies 1
Comprehensive Site Design:Landscape Architecture,Architecture, Planning and Natural Resource
Management
4
Plant Design in Landscape Architecture 2
Landscape Architecture Engineering 3
Research in Landscape Architecture:Internship at Boyd Soberiy and Associates Engineering
DepartmentCivil Site Development,Design and Drafting
6
Environmental Engineering Materials and Research 3
Ecological Engineering Techniques and Methods 3
IndependentStudy: The Role of Electronic Drafting and Drawing in the Professional Office 3
Credit Hours Earned 62
Non-Degree Classes
Curriculum Concepts and Construction:Education Principals and Teaching 3
The Metrics of Learning Lecture and Laboratory 4
Teaching in the Informal Classroom 3
Museum Collections Research and Preservation 1
Coding AutoCAD and Using AutoLISP to extract non-graphical data 1
AutoCAD and 3D Modeling Techniques and Training 1
Land DevelopmentDesktop Professional User Training modules TIN,Survey, Raster,Corridor 1
AutoCAD Civil 3D Professional User Training modules TIN,Survey, Map, Raster,Corridors,Pipes,
Hydrology, Presentations
1
AutoCAD Non-graphical Data Extraction into Microsoft Office Suite 1
Credit Hours Earned 19